Dr Greg Sherley, of Paraparaumu, MNZM, for services to conservation
Dr Greg Sherley, with the Department of Conservation (DOC), began studying the Mahoenui giant wētā in the 1980s, along with flax snails in Northland and offshore islands. He was part of the Secretariat of Pacific Regional Environment Programme. He helped formulate DOC’s policy and implementation of recovery plans for endangered invertebrates. He researched the use of 1080 toxin on the conservation estate, which was influential to its continued use. He was a Director of Global Invasive Species Programme work in South Africa and joined the United Nations Environment Programme in Samoa. He co-founded the Samoan Conservation Society. Dr Sherley continues to carry out biodiversity conservation contracts and voluntary conservation work.